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There was a lot to love about “Searching” and I was incredibly emotionally involved until almost the very end. I have some notes about the very end, though. WARNING: HERE BE SPOILERS. I don’t have 5 points for this one, because it really was a very well made movie. I just have 2. 1. There […]

I enjoyed Ocean’s 8 much more than Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (the subject of my first “Rose Doctors the Book” post). I think overall it was a much more successful movie. I loved all the characters, they had amazing chemistry with each other, it was charming and glamorous and attractive as hell, and I had a […]

Recently, I have seen a lot of movies with good directing, good acting, good cinematography, good production values….and terrible scripts. I don’t understand why this part of movie-making has been so incredibly undervalued, but I hate it. Great actors can sometimes transcend a bad script, but THEY SHOULDN’T HAVE TO. Since I am now a […]

Pictured above: Spokesmodel T-Rex (not included) with prizes. Hello everyone! It was so wonderful seeing some of you at the 2018 Barbara Vey Reader Appreciation Weekend a few weeks ago. But I thought it might also be nice to do a little giveaway for those of you who couldn’t make it! There are two prize […]

I’ve never done anything like character profiles or interviews before—it’s not really part of my writing process—so I was a bit stuck on what to do. Then a friend of mine sent me one of those “get to know you” e-mails with the 100 questions you are supposed to fill out and send back and […]

Happy holidays, everyone! Would you like to see your pals from my books celebrating Christmas and Hanukkah? Well you can! I’ve written five adorable Christmas mini-stories, one about Solomon and Serena from A Lily Among Thorns, one about Nev and Penny from In for a Penny, one about Phoebe and Nick from Sweet Disorder, one […]

I am really proud of this book. It probably comes as no surprise to most of you that I really, really love Hamilton. (There was about six months there where my Twitter was 99% Hamilton, I think?) Since I was a kid, I’ve always had a thing for our Dashing Banking Policy Wonk founding father, […]

Originally, Nathan was assigned to help Rachel’s unit with fatigue duty, and the scene where she gives him her spare shirt came right after it. Fatigue duty meant boredom and blisters, generally, and today was no exception. Rachel read the General Orders. Collect a list of men who needed new shoes, all right, don’t wander […]

WARNING: here be spoilers… * * * * * * Well, you can’t say I didn’t warn you. Originally, the secret of Nathan’s spying for the Patriots was revealed earlier, right after Hamilton led him away after his arrest, and I included his meeting with Washington. Hamilton led him to a large marquee tent, where […]

If you have any questions about any of the historical background of the book, feel free to comment or e-mail me! I love talking about this stuff. This is only a partial bibliography with some of my favorite sources. 1. Masquerade: The Life and Times of Deborah Sampson, Continental Soldier, by Alfred F. Young. An […]